Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weirdo in the eyes of friends and relatives, whose despair at the decline of civilization has lured him into alcoholism, drug addiction or rampant crankiness. His struggle back toward health and sanity is usually undertaken with the help of a younger woman, who may be as wounded a victim of modern life as he. The saving grace is just that: a recognition that Christian, specifically Roman Catholic, teachings can still offer hope to lost souls. And the setting tends to be Louisiana, where Percy, 70, has spent most of his adult life...
...CLASS option -- Identa Call -- can save lives. When equipped with this feature, a phone displays the caller's number on a small screen. In Atlantic City, N.J., employees at the Bally's Casino Hotel came to the aid of a heart- attack victim after the feature was programmed into the hotel's internal phone system last November. The guest had placed a desperate call to the front desk but could not stay on the phone long enough to give a name or room number...
...yesterday quoted Paul Blanc, the new French ambassador, as saying: "Although we care for the hostages and think daily about contacts and means we could resort to in order to secure their safe release, we refuse to be slaves to the kidnappers to which many of our compatriots fell victim...
Date rape sometimes occurs after the victim has taken drugs or one drink too many. Whether under the influence or not, victims frequently classify the rape as a hazy, regrettable experience that was somehow their own fault. "And because often they don't even see it as rape, they fail to seek support professionally," says Burkhart. "They are left without a way of understanding it, so they bury it, feeling guilty and ashamed...
...widely publicized incident last fall, a female student at the University of California, Berkeley, filed a complaint saying she had been gang-raped by a football player she once dated and three of his teammates. The case was dropped, partly because the victim had been drinking. Said Detective Greg Folster of the University of California, Berkeley, police: "I have no doubt that this was a sexual assault, but I don't think the judicial system is quite ready for acquaintance rape...